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Endless scrolling over pagination

Touch controls everywhere, I've got an induction cook top which is all touch, (temperature is a bar you can drag) guess what happens when you've got some spillage while cooking. Yeah, if you are lucky nothing happens, but I had it several times shutting itself down, or adjusting the temperature, which is fucking stupid and dangerous. You want to get rid of the water with a towel? Something will trigger. Really great.

Letting the computer decide what is best for you. There was/is this feature?! in windows 10, or 11 where it sets the color of your font on the desktop based on your wallpaper, and I did not find a way to change it. So what happens when you've got a wallpaper that is bright on top and darker on the bottom, like maybe a landscape image? Guess you are just not reading any of the text on the top half...

UI components that do things when you click on them but don't appear until you hover the mouse over them. I'm mostly talking about stuff like little edit buttons with pencil icons or close/cancel buttons with little X's. I want to select an item from a list or change tabs in my browser, but when I click, I find I am actually now editing the name of the thing or closing/muting a tab because a button that wasn't there before has suddenly appeared beneath my click action. But it also applies to vanishing scrollbars others have complained about.

On that point, I want bigger scrollbars, not smaller ones. Browsers especially could benefit from the kind of minimap I get in a code editor.

Light colored text on a light colored background, in the thinnest font possible. It's like, let's make wrenches out of rope because that would look cool.

lack of user control in devices and software generally

I wish I could tell my dishwasher what sequence and length of rinse, wash, and dry cycles to do and how long to do each but instead i gotta pick between "heavy, regular, light, eco" and just fucking guess which is best for my needs. if I'm lucky the manual will have sequence descriptions

I have been a software tester for a long time and I really fuckin hate these JS frameworks that try to reinvent the wheel but worse.

Like why is a fucking table now a bunch of divs? Why is a drop down (select) list a bunch of divs? With disappearing html blocks when you close the list?

HTML worked fine, why are we reinventing basic HTML but worse?

BLUE LEDs!! Because you don't need your eyesight anyway, might as well completely blind you, right?

Oh, let's make it even better. BLUE DISPLAYS!! Because now you fucking really can't read it! Ha-HA!

"Have you tried our new layout?"
"Did you know you now can...?"
"We've hidden this from you, but don't worry! Click here to see them"
"News: We're launching a new product!"
"Looking for X? It is now here!"
"We upgraded you to the new view. Revert to the old view?"
"Enable integration with (our other product) for an enhanced experience"
"You may not have permission to view what used to be on this page"
"Take a tour"
"How are you liking the new settings screen?"
"You will be automatically moved to the new X, no need to do anything"

As other mentioned, lack of physical buttons.

Minimalistic interfaces in software:

• In websites they waste a lot of real estate on the monitor.
• They make harder to find things navigating menus and submenus that should have the settings you are looking for but they decided that it should be better to bury it somewhere else.

Apps and websites copying the designs/colour scheme of popular ones. How many Slack looking websites are too much?

Copying IKEA furniture design, I don’t like most of IKEA designs and the sensation of making your personal space identical to thousands of other people personal spaces. I don’t have an issue with IKEA itself, my issue is that you try to find alternatives looking elsewhere and is the same thing, sometimes inspired, sometimes a clear copy, and most of the time even worse quality.

I’ve been looking for a wall shelf for almost a year and it seemed that every company, every store had the same ugly designs varying a little and with different prices. I’ve just bought one that it was the less ugly I could find, it was expensive and the materials quality is crap.

Showing ”2 weeks ago” or ”1 month ago” instead of the actual date. ”1 month ago” can be anything between 30 days and 60 days ago.

Pants and suits coming in slim fit. Went to Macy's, they had like 5-6 of the maybe 8 clothing things with only slim fit. Mf this is fucking McDs loving USA. Ain't nobody got time for that slim fit nonsense. Why do people not realize that shit also makes the rise some uncomfortable? At that point you just hate have testicles to the point that you may as well admit you're into a fetish.

The trend to more complicated but cheaper instead of doing it right. Result is news about security incidents every single day.

Getting cutesy with the OK button label

Got it, Take me there, Understood

Scrollbars that are impossible.to use because they auto.minimize , and you have to get them just right to slide.

1. No error messages, ever. Because apparently users hate information with all their heart and are at risk of burning down cities if they ever find out what the fuck went wrong with an application.
2. Disappearing scroll bars

Items are no longer made to last past their warranty.

They are made to last past the time you’re allowed to leave a review.

So many things. Most things seem designed against humans instead of for them. Most are designed to supposedly look pretty, when I'm someone looking for content and information. Those are often hidden. Add to that malpractice, misleading, and lying.

Dialogues that don't require clicking OK to apply my selection. What if I change my mind or click the wrong thing?

Here's a past annoyance: help text for BIOS settings that was like

Tronic memory catalyst conversion ratio: Sets the ratio of tronic memory catalyst conversion.

O RLY? 🤔

Millennial gray interior design. Gray "wood pattern" laminate floor, white cabinets, black appliances. Just no color. It's so depressing. For only $1600/no you can live in a 3rd story gray pod that's still 45 minutes from where you work.

1.) Everything is a "smart" device. Household appliances, as a general rule, should not be connectable to the internet or require an app.

Cheaper components, poor build quality, and lack of user serviceable parts are the primary reasons your washer and dryer last 10 years compared to your parents Maytag set that was still ticking away after 30. Cheap, unnecessary electronics, which don't have as long a lifespan as mechanical timers and switches, only exacerbate this problem.

2.) Cordless tools as a means of vendor locking customers.

All the app icons looking the same. Most prominent example are all the Google apps, but it doesn't end there.

Rounded corners everywhere

Nothing is fun anymore. Seriously. Modern designers do not design fun things anymore. No matter what it is, cell phones, cars, dining chairs, there is nothing fun. Nothing invites interaction. Nothing invites relationship building.

I saw this thing the other day. The "Jack in a Box" Television by Timo Salli for the short-lived studio SNOWCRASH. Made in 1997. Where the fuck is this energy nowadays?? Everything looks either angry or bored with us now; antagonistic with no justification. Zero whimsy, zero intrigue. Why does this walmart toaster look like it wants to fight me? Designers' personalities are erased with nothing to show for it but row after row of the same matte white or piano black plastic SHIT (30% OFF!)